Mount Helen

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Mount Helen
Elevation 13,620 feet (4,151 m)
Location Wyoming, USA
Range Wind River Range
Prominence 820 ft (250 m)[1]
Coordinates 43°09′04″N 109°37′53″W / 43.15111, -109.63139Coordinates: 43°09′04″N 109°37′53″W / 43.15111, -109.63139
Topo map USGS Gannett Peak
First ascent 1924 (Herman Buhl, Albert Ellingwood)

Mount Helen (13,620 ft / 4,151 m) is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is the fourth highest peak in the range and the fifth tallest in Wyoming.[2] The summit is located in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, immediately west of the Continental Divide. The eastern flanks of the mountain are covered in snowfields and glaciers, including Helen and Sacagawea Glaciers, all of which are in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness of Shoshone National Forest.

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Mount Helen, Wyoming. Peakbagger. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
  2. ^ Mount Helen, USGS Gannett Peak (WY) Wyoming Topo (Map). Topozone (USGS Quads). Retrieved on 2007-06-15.
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